Datebook: Week of February 6, 2005
LAST CHANCE FOR LONE STAR
Final performance for Lone Star Love, off-Broadway's country-western musical redo of Shakespeare's The Merry Wives of Windsor. Jay O. Sanders stars as Sergeant Big John Falstaff. Click for tickets! John Houseman Theatre, 450 West 42nd Street.
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MONDAY, FEBRUARY 7
SOAPSTERS SING FOR BC/EFA
The stars of ABC's All My Children (including Susan Lucci, Julia Barr, John Callahan, David Canary, Eva La Rue, Tonya Pinkins, Eden Riegel and Jacob Young) celebrate their 35th anniversary with a benefit for Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS. Rosie O'Donnell and Kelly Ripa will also be on hand. 8PM. Sold out. Call (212) 840-0770 ext: 268 for more info. Town Hall, West 43rd Street, between 6th and 7th Avenues.
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DE SHIELDS IN DEMAND
Broadway baby André De Shields (The Wiz , Ain't Misbehavin', The Full Monty) lands at Joe's Pub in Black By Popular Demand, his first cabaret appearance in 21 years! The venue is describing the popular song and dance man as "three parts black beauty and one part white heat"-we tend to agree. 9:30PM. $25. Tickets at Public Theater box office. Joe's Pub, 425 Lafayette Street.
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BIG NIGHT IN PUTNAM COUNTY
William Finn's The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee opens tonight at Second Stage Theatre. Six young people on the edge of puberty attempt to take the title of top speller in this witty new musical. Hello twelve, hello thirteen, hello "omphaloskepsis"! Tickets are $75 (student rush for $20) and available at the box office.
Second Stage Theatre, 307 West 43rd Street, between 8th and 9th Avenues.
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BENANTI AT THE REGENCY
Two-time Tony Award nominee Laura Benanti performs as part of the "Broadway's Brightest Lights" series at Feinstein's at the Regency. $25 cover, two drink minimum. Call (212) 339-4095 for reservations. 8PM.
Feinstein's at the Regency, 540 Park Avenue, at 61st Street.
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TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 8
CHARITY TAKES MINNEAPOLIS
The Broadway-bound revival of Sweet Charity, starring Emmy winner Christina Applegate, starts at the Orpheum Theatre in Minneapolis, where it will continue through February 20. Next stop Chicago!
Orpheum Theatre, 910 Hennepin Avenue, Minneapolis, MN.
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PUBLIC FACES CONTROVERSY
Performances start for The Controversy of Valladolid, a new drama by French playwright Jean-Claude Carrière (English adaptation by Richard Nelson) that looks back 450 years to a dark period in the history of the Catholic Church. Through March 13. Call (212) 539-8500.
The Public Theater, 425 Lafayette Street.
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JUDAS ISCARIOT TAKES CENTER STAGE
A cast of downtown all-stars (including Eric Bogosian, Liza Colon-Zayas, Jeffrey DeMunn, John Ortiz, Sam Rockwell and Callie Thorne) start performances in Stephen Adly Guirgis' examination of the plight of the New Testament's most infamous sinner. Through March 20. Call (212) 539-8500.
The Public Theater, 425 Lafayette Street.